Edna St. Vincent Millay - Only until this cigarette is ended

Edna St. Vincent Millay - Only until this cigarette is ended

Only until this cigarette is ended, br A little moment at the end of all, br While on the floor the quiet ashes fall, br And in the firelight to a lance extended, br Bizarrely with the jazzing music blended, br The broken shadow dances on the wall, br I will permit my memory to recall br The vision of you, by all my dreams attended. br And then adieu,--farewell!--the dream is done. br Yours is a face of which I can forget br The colour and the features, every one, br The words not ever, and the smiles not yet; br But in your day this moment is the sun br Upon a hill, after the sun has set.br br Edna St.


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Uploaded: 2014-11-07

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